Two rounds of the Portuguese Super League passed quickly, and Porto's momentum of rapid progress remained unabated. After defeating Rexos, who had a crushing defeat in the Champions League at home, their score of 15 points ahead of the second place has reached 9 rounds left. With 9 rounds left in the league, there is no suspense for Porto to win the championship, and the suspense is that they can win the championship a few rounds ahead of schedule.

With peace of mind in the league, Porto turned his attention to the Champions League.

In the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Porto tied Atletico Madrid 2:2 away, taking a solid step on the road to advance. When he returned to home, with just a 0:0 draw, Porto could eliminate Atletico Madrid and advance to the quarterfinals.

However, Porto dares not defend to the death. The opponent has many talented players. As long as they have a flash of inspiration, they may penetrate your bus. In addition, it is difficult to guarantee that their defenders and goalkeepers will not make mistakes.

In the last game, Porto conceded two goals, one was Aguero and Fran's inspiration, and the other was the mistake of goalkeeper Helton.

In the first round, Porto is the first match day, and in this round, Porto is the second match day.

Porto is very beneficial to be able to rest for one more day and see the status of the Champions League opponents.

Because he played well away, it was quite easy to return to the home court. However, after the first day's game, Porto immediately became nervous.

The style of the second leg was obviously completely different from the first leg. In the first leg, except for Rexos and Bayern scored 5 goals, they only scored 4 in the other three games. However, in this leg, Bayern slaughtered Rexos 7:1, Liverpool swept Real Madrid 4:0, Chelsea drew 2:2 away with Juventus, Villarreal defeated Pannashinaks 2:1 away, and scored 19 goals in four games.

Rexos was beaten 12:1 in two rounds by Bayern, creating a terrifying tragedy. Although Rexos had extremely poor European experience, the low level of the Portuguese Super League was also an important factor.

In addition, Chelsea drew 2:2 away from home, and Villarreal defeated Pannashinaks 2:1 away. These two games show that in the life-and-death battle in the Champions League knockout stage, the impact of home advantage is not great, and it is fundamentally dependent on its own strength.

Obviously, after watching the first match day, Atletico Madrid's confidence will recover a lot.

After training the next morning, Porto's coaching staff immediately held a meeting for the players in the tactical room.

Ferreira said with a serious expression: "Everyone has seen what the second leg of the knockout stage looks like. This is the life-and-death battle. It is impossible to be as conservative as the first leg. The away score of 2:2 is not safe. If we want to enter the quarterfinals, we must win. No matter how good the defense is, there will be no mistakes. Only the leading is the safest."

Assistant coach Emmanuel said: "Atlanie Madrid has a strong attack power. When they come to the away game, they have no other choice except to score goals. It is conceivable how much pressure our defense line will bear. If we want to withstand the impact of Fran, Aguero, Maxi and Simon, in addition to the defensive players, we must actively return to the defense to avoid letting the opponent face our defenders directly. In addition, we must also give the opponent enough pressure in the offense so that their defenders dare not press forward too much."

The players in the tactical room were also very serious, and there was no one muttering quietly. Obviously, the young players in Porto were all frightened by the brutal score in the second round. It was too terrifying. They could not imagine that the strength gap between Rexos, who ranked fifth in the Portuguese Super League, and the five major league giants would be so big, and Bayern's current strength is not as top-notch giants.

When Rexos lost to Bayern 0:5 in the first round, Gao Xiaodong was still thinking about what the score would be if he was at Rexos. Now he didn't have to think about it anymore. If he was at Rexos, he would still be a crushing defeat. This strength gap cannot be made up for by himself, but the score may be a little better.

After the meeting, no home was allowed at noon. All the players dined in the restaurant at the Olive Branch Training Base, then rested in the players' apartment, waiting for the second round of life and death battle with Atletico Madrid in the evening.

After lunch, Ferrera and Atletico coach Resino attended a pre-match press conference.

At the press conference, Atletico, head coach Resino, seemed to have found confidence and inspiration from the first day's game. He said that although Porto also has some talented players in the team, his feeling is that "the depth of genius" will help his team advance.

Resino then explained this, "Porto is very strong and has several players who are very fast and very strong, but we have better geniuses. Aguero is not only fast, but also has better skills and more imaginative. He is the second Messi. I think he can lead Atletico to advance to the next round. In addition, Pangler, Fran, Maxi, and Simon all have the ability to change the results of the game."

Resino even deceived himself and said, "The draw in the first leg was not a bad result. They have taken a draw from here, but we can win in Portugal."

The calm and low-key Ferreira couldn't help but sarcastically said: "The draw at home is a good result for Atletico Madrid, which will make them more motivated to play away. Only one team can advance to the quarterfinals. I hope Atletico Madrid will walk out of the Dragon Stadium with its head held high like us."

While Ferrera attended the press conference, Falcao broke into Gao Xiaodong's lounge.

"Captain Gao, I'm disturbing."

"You're welcome, tiger, come and sit here." Gao Xiaodong was very happy with the title of Falcao. Captain Gao was obviously much better than Guarin calling him the deputy of the Gao team.

Falcao said: "No, I just want to ask you a few words."

Gao Xiaodong said with a smile: "When you stand and ask, how can I answer? It feels like the criminal being interrogated."

Falcao had no choice but to sit down and said, "Captain Gao, I want to ask, do you have any objections to me?"

Gao Xiaodong said in surprise: "Tiger, where do you start?"

Falcao said: "But in the last game against Atletico Madrid, you gave me 6 passes and Hulk 20 passes."

I remember it so clearly, Gao Xiaodong smiled and said, "Tiger, what do I have to do with you? Hulk and I have been working together for a long time, have a tacit understanding, and are not familiar with you."

Falcao shook his head firmly: "No, I remember there was a ball. I was in a good position and no one was defending. I raised my hand to ask for the ball, but you didn't pass it to me."

Damn, I remember that Gao Xiaodong was going to be crazy by Falcao. "Maybe I didn't see it, after all, the game is so intense."

Falcao said: "No, you saw it, you still looked at me."

Damn, what kind of autumn waves do I give you to a big man? Even if you look at you, you may not see you, but you cannot say this. If you say it, you are arrogant. Gao Xiaodong had to say: "You have no one to defend, and there are people watching me all the time, so you may not be able to pass it over."

I don’t know if I was convinced by Gao Xiaodong’s approachable attitude or recognized Gao Xiaodong’s explanation, Falcao said: “Thank you, captain, you are the team’s offensive core. I hope you will treat every forward fairly. I promise you that my goal efficiency will be higher than Hulk and will not disturb you to rest.”

Falkao told Gao Xiaodong a lunch break and went out.

Looking at Falcao's back, Gao Xiaodong smiled. It turned out that this guy who was as brave as a tiger on the field and as quiet as a sheep on the field was jealous.
Chapter completed!